Beibei
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Beibei. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Beibei, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Beibei in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Beibei you have here. The definition of the word Beibei will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofBeibei, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Bèibei
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北碚 (Běibèi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beibei
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- , New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87:
- "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.]
- , New York: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 619, columns 1–2:
- 2. Szechwan, Peipei, a town north of Chungking, has been selected as a model district for the creation of independent farmers. With the cooperation of the Municipal Bureau of Peipei, land survey has been completed and plans have been made for the establishment of farm units to be given to the farmers after the completion of procedures for land expropriation.]
- 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94:
- Jinyun Mountain Scenic Area is located along the banks of the Jialang River at Wentang Gorge in the Beibei District, 37 miles from downtown Chongqing.
- 2012, Andrew Wedeman, Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169:
- Mao Jianping, the deputy director of the municipal procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui, the head of the Beibei district, were detained at the same time on suspicion of conspiring to protect Chongqing’s network of gangsters.
- 2013 January 25, Lucy Hornby, “China busts sex video blackmailers who targeted officials”, in Jon Hemming, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 22 June 2022, World News:
- Late last year, graphic video footage of the party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district in a rendezvous with a young woman was widely circulated on the Chinese internet. The official, Lei Zhengfu, was later sacked.
- 2013 June 16, Flourishing Musical Goddess_76635, quotee, “Chinese Voice Anger and Nostalgia Over Urbanization”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-11, Asia Pacific:
- On May 16, 2013, the government in Xiema Town in Beibei District, Chongqing, had over 100 police officers forcibly demolish my home. My mother was injured so badly that she’s now in the hospital.
Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Beibei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 359, column 1